Chester Gan | |
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Born | July 4, 1908 San Francisco, California |
Died | June 29, 1959 San Francisco, California |
(aged 50)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1932–1959 |
Chester Gan or at times Chester Gann was an American actor of Chinese descent. If there was a quintessential Asian John Smith character, then Chester Gan was that person. He played almost a hundred roles, portraying every Asian stereotype in Hollywood from the Chinese cook or waiter to the Japanese enemy soldier.